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[LesleySM]

Taken today at some sort of Xmas Fayre near County Hall- I've always wanted to photograph carousel horses and suddenly by accident I found a carousel (Played havoc with the organised walk I was on- they were trying to cram everything in and I got so left behind I never did catch up with them again and it was about the best organised walk I've been on all the more for being disorganised)


Westminster 037 by LesleySM3, on Flickr

[nimbus]

I find this a somewhat confusing mass of colours, it does look slightly more coherent with a bit cropped off the left, but the impossible to avoid busy backgroud mars this greatly, if that can be darkened the subject would stand out better.

[LesleySM]

I find this a somewhat confusing mass of colours, it does look slightly more coherent with a bit cropped off the left, but the impossible to avoid busy backgroud mars this greatly, if that can be darkened the subject would stand out better.

If I knew how to darken the background without losing the colour of the foreground I would have but I don't know how to- I suspect the word "layers" is in my immediate future but I am still trying to work my way through PSE 10 and haven't yet worked layers out at all

[lfc1892]

If I knew how to darken the background without losing the colour of the foreground I would have but I don't know how to- I suspect the word "layers" is in my immediate future but I am still trying to work my way through PSE 10 and haven't yet worked layers out at all

a whole new world awaits you...

[LesleySM]

I find this a somewhat confusing mass of colours, .

I liked this picture for the expression on the horses face so how does it work if I take all the colours out as in


Westminster 037 3 by LesleySM3, on Flickr

[andytraill]

Lesley I did a quick layered version of your pic bluring the area around the horse and dulling the colours. Uploaded it here. If you get GIMP you'll be able to see it(free and good). Two layers one with a mask (masks out the visible areas of the layer, just painted in). Both are duplicates the top left the same the bottom blurred then dulled.



Literally took two mins.

[LesleySM]

Thanks but I wouldn't even know how to make layers I keep trying but I'm missing something

[RovingMike]

The blurred version is how it should have been shot. From well back with a long lens. There is no suggestion of movement, so you could just square it up.

[andytraill]

Have a look here.

[RogerMac]

I did an extraction in Elements and converted the background to B&W



Perhaps it would be better both B&W and blurred.

If you want to know how I did it just send me a PM and I will explain

Roger